System and Method for Enhancing Keyword Relevance by User's Interest on the Search Result Documents

1. A computer-implemented system for enhancing the relevance of search results to a particular user's interest in one or more electronic documents, the system comprising: a processor configured to: monitor at least one access of at least one electronic document by a user at a computer workstation; and collect data associated with the at least one access of the at least one document, wherein the collected data includes one or more of (i) an amount of time the user spends on the at least one document, (ii) a number of times the user has viewed the at least one document, or (iii) whether the user printed the at least one document; a searchable index configured to store the collected data, wherein the index includes one or more entries for only one or more electronic documents the user has previously accessed; an input device configured to receive a user-input to search the index; and a graphical user interface configured to present search results related to at least one document in the index along with at least a portion of the collected data in the graph.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein in determining the amount of time the user has spent on the at least one document, the processor is configured to: determine a time the user first accessed the at least one document; and determine a duration in which the user continues to use the at least one document during which one or more criteria are met indicating the user is still interacting with the at least one document.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more criteria includes one or both of (i) having the at least one document in focus, or (ii) receiving an input or output operation within a predetermined time interval.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more criteria include having the at least one document in focus, and wherein the at least one document is in focus when it is the active window.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more criteria include receiving an input or output operation within a predetermined time interval, and wherein receiving an input or output operation includes at least one of receiving a keystroke or receiving a mouse movement.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein search results returned from the searchable index are sorted by relevance determined from the collected data.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to: receive an input from the user to access at least one electronic document included in the search results.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to store the at least one document in the searchable index.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to convert the at least one document into a common format.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the common format is XML.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein in receiving the user-input, the input device is configured to enable the user to enter one or more keywords to create a search query to be used to search the index.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to create an entry in the index for each previously accessed document by searching one or more browser caches or intercepting one or more calls to one more applications.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured to present a sorting menu that enables the search results to be sorted and displayed according to one or more of: relevance, document type, alphabetical order, or chronological order.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured to present a calendar comprising indicia indicating days on which documents were accessed by the user.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein in monitoring the at least one access of at least one electronic document by the user, the processor is configured to monitor one or more documents for one or more predetermined events.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the predetermined events include one or more of: creating a document, opening a document, closing a document, saving a document, or printing a document.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the workstation is connected to an enterprise portal server over a network.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to convert the search results into a common format.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured to present a popup window comprising summary information for a user-selected document.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the collected data further comprises a date, a time, or both that (iv) the document was created, (v) the document was opened, (vi) the document was closed, (vii) the document was modified, (vii) the document was printed, or (ix) the document was sent or emailed.

21. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions that when executed by a processor are configured to implement method of enhancing the relevance of search results to a particular user's interest in one or more electronic documents, the method comprising: monitoring at least one access of at least one electronic document by a user; collecting data associated with the at least one access of the at least one document, wherein the collected data includes one or more of (i) an amount of time the user spends on the at least one document, (ii) a number of times the user has viewed the at least one document, or (iii) whether the user printed the at least one document; associating the collected data in a searchable index, wherein the index includes one or more entries for only one or more electronic documents the user has previously accessed; receiving a user-input to search the index; and presenting search results related to at least one document in the index along with at least a portion of the collected data.